pipoco
Portuguese, noun/piˈpo.ku/
pipoco is spelled P-I-P-O-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pipoco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pop (gunshot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pipocar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ruído daquilo que pipoca”.
What does pipoco mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineslangpop (gunshot)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pipocar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ruído daquilo que pipoca 2. soco, murro, empurrão 3. bala de revólver ou similar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pipoco
- pipocos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pipoco?
- Brazil /piˈpo.ku/
- Portugal /piˈpo.ku/
- Brazil /piˈpɔ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pipoco in Portuguese?
pipoco appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).